Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gerontologists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
gerontologists	16	5	485	(None)
gerontologist	15	5	598	1	gerontologist_
deontologists	15	5	592	2	de_ontologists
gerontologies	15	8	443	2	gerontologi_es
chronologists	19	6	611	3	chron_ologists
demonologists	17	5	556	3	demon_ologists
deontologist	14	5	741	3	de_ontologist_
dermatologists	18	13	492	3	dermatologists
gerontologic	16	5	376	3	gerontologi__c
gerontological	18	5	417	3	gerontological
herpetologists	20	8	363	3	herpetologists
neonatologists	15	8	419	3	ne_onatologists
ontologists	12	4	890	3	___ontologists
proctologists	18	5	681	3	_proctologists
teratologists	14	9	659	3	ter_atologists

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	43548	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	15	1.673	26029.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	1.982	90156.9